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WILLIAM GARY YOUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1950 – May 5, 1970
Service recordWilliam Gary Young, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 108
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- November 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 108
- ROBERT WARD WORTHINGTONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- MICHAEL LOUIS ANTLESergeant · May 6, 1970
- ROGER BRUCE BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1970
- GEORGE WILLY BENNETT JRCorporal · May 6, 1970
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.